Dušan Kerkez

Dušan Kerkez
Personal information
Date of birth	1 May 1976 (age 48)
Place of birth	Belgrade, SR Serbia, Yugoslavia
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
	Partizan
Senior career*
Years	Team
199ɂ–199ɂ	Voždovac
2001–2002	Radnički Obrenovac
2002–2004	Leotar
2004–2005	Zrinjski Mostar
2005–2007	Rijeka
2007–2011	AEL Limassol
2011–2014	Aris Limassol
Total
International career
2004–2006	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Managerial career
2014–2018	AEL Limassol (youth)
2018–2021	AEL Limassol
2022–2023	Čukarički
2023–	Botev Plovdiv
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Dušan Kerkez (Serbian Cyrillic: Душан Керкез; born 1 May 1976) is a Bosnian football manager and former player. He played as a midfielder.

Club career

In the 2001–02 season, Kerkez played regularly for Radnički Obrenovac and helped the club earn promotion to the First League of FR Yugoslavia for the first time in history. He then moved to Bosnia and Herzegovina and joined Leotar in the summer of 2002, helping them win the national championship in their debut appearance in the top flight.^[1]

After two years at Leotar, Kerkez switched to fellow Bosnian side Zrinjski Mostar in the summer of 2004, celebrating his second league title in his only season at the club. He subsequently moved to Croatia and signed with Rijeka, winning the national cup in his first year.

In the summer of 2007, Kerkez was transferred to Cypriot side AEL Limassol. He spent four seasons with the club, before switching to cross-town rivals Aris Limassol in the summer of 2011.

International career

Kerkez received his first call-up to the Bosnia and Herzegovina squad by manager Blaž Slišković^[2] and made his debut for them in a February 2004 friendly match away against Macedonia. He has earned a total of four. He also played in an unofficial game against Iran in 2005. His final international was a September 2006 European Championship qualification against Hungary.^[3]

Personal life

Kerkez's son Strahinja Kerkez is also a professional footballer, and is a youth international for Cyprus.^{[citation needed]}

Managerial statistics

As of 23 November 2024

Managerial record by team and tenure
Team	From	To	Record
Team	From	To	G	W	D	L	Win %
AEL Limassol	6 March 2018	6 December 2021	142	72	25	45	050.70
Čukarički	31 May 2022	15 August 2023	50	33	6	11	066.00
Botev Plovdiv	4 September 2023	Pressent	62	36	9	17	058.06
Career total			254	141	40	73	055.51

Honours

Player

Leotar

Bosnian Premier League: 2002–03

Zrinjski Mostar

Bosnian Premier League: 2004–05

Rijeka

Croatian Cup: 2005–06

Manager

AEL Limassol

Cypriot Cup: 2018–19

Čukarički

Serbian Cup runner-up: 2022–23

Botev Plovdiv

Bulgarian Cup: 2023–24

Individual

Serbian SuperLiga Manajer of the Month: September 2022^[4]

References

^ "Leotar prvak Premier lige BiH" (in Croatian). rtl.hr. 25 May 2003. Archived from the original on 26 August 2020. Retrieved 12 December 2019.
^ "Sliškovic selects new names". uefa.com. 11 February 2004. Retrieved 12 November 2009.
^ "Player Database". eu-football.info. Retrieved 28 March 2021.
^ "Dušan Kerkez trener meseca u Mozzart Bet Superligi: Moramo i mi da budemo čarobnjaci, efikasan fudbal vraća publiku". mozzartsport.com. 3 October 2022. Retrieved 3 October 2022.

External links

Dušan Kerkez at WorldFootball.net
Dušan Kerkez at Croatian Football Statistics (archived) (in Croatian)
Dušan Kerkez at National-Football-Teams.com

[1] "Leotar prvak Premier lige BiH" (in Croatian). rtl.hr. 25 May 2003. Archived from the original on 26 August 2020. Retrieved 12 December 2019.

[2] "Sliškovic selects new names". uefa.com. 11 February 2004. Retrieved 12 November 2009.

[3] "Player Database". eu-football.info. Retrieved 28 March 2021.

[4] "Dušan Kerkez trener meseca u Mozzart Bet Superligi: Moramo i mi da budemo čarobnjaci, efikasan fudbal vraća publiku". mozzartsport.com. 3 October 2022. Retrieved 3 October 2022.

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